The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[RedBugPoultry]

I want to share our beautiful birds here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina....






Yes, we have our RC and SC birds together at this time. We are wintering them together and surprisingly they are getting along great! And loving a very nice fall temperature day!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

anyone have a great head shot of a perfect female hen? I have two 7 month old hens and there is a lot of difference between their combs. I also have a six month old hen and her comb is similar to the 7 month old hen with a shorter comb. Trying to come up with a breeding plan and I'm hoping all three hens are usable but I want to be sure.

 

[BGMatt]

uh, huh, can see where your mind is and it is not at work. lol

There are perks to owning the place yeah. LOL Like I get to sit and chat chicken on-line most the day (retail business)

 

[immyjay54]

Since that's for the Female, I believe we're supposed to interpret that as the comb and spike should be small enough we can't tell if it's following head or not (which really makes sense, I'd be shocked if a female comb projected past the skull in any way shape or form). Does it say on the male description? I'm at work and my SOP is at home.

Oh my gosh, I wasn't even paying attention to it being for the female. ha,ha,ha Oh my gosh do I feel stupid. lol

Comb: Rose , moderately large, firm on head ; oval, free from hollow center, surface covered with small rounded points, terminating in a spike at the rear, the spike drooping slightly but not conforming too closely to the shape of head.

 

[BGMatt]

Oh my gosh, I wasn't even paying attention to it being for the female. ha,ha,ha Oh my gosh do I feel stupid. lol

Comb: Rose , moderately large, firm on head ; oval, free from hollow center, surface covered with small rounded points, terminating in a spike at the rear, the spike drooping slightly but not conforming too closely to the shape of head.

Haha, I've done that a ton of times myself. So basically not real close like a wyandotte, nor straight or upturned like a hamburg. Cool, thank you for sharing.

 

[catdaddyfro]

I do not have anymore of his reds. I only had 5 hatch and had 4 roos and 1 hen! I had to get rid of the roos cause at that time we were within the city, so I just had this hen. Then the hen died of a respiratory illness.... We were so very sad. I have tried to contact William over the years and he has never written back. I wish I knew how to get a hold of him. Other then that now we have the Underwood birds and we are gonna be excited for another show year next year. YEAH!

Well thats why I was inquiring on them as William(pinegrove) is no longer breeding and selling his line. He has farmed them out to a couple (maybe down to just one now) I just thought you would/could be another source of his line. sgribble (Steven Gribble) could maybe put you in contact with the person(s) that have his line I think its someone in SC has them now.

Jeff

 

[Irishhenman]

Could someone please answer this question for me. How many serrations does the sop ask for in a single comb Rhode Island Red. The British standard says five but I am finding it impossible to find any birds with only five serrations in the comb here and I am withering if it is from American stock being introduced

 

[FOGELLY]

Could someone please answer this question for me. How many serrations does the sop ask for in a single comb Rhode Island Red. The British standard says five but I am finding it impossible to find any birds with only five serrations in the comb here and I am withering if it is from American stock being introduced

American SOP states 5 evenly serrated points.

 

[Irishhenman]

thanks a million, I presume it is just from bad breeding over the years then, most judges don't penalise it though

 

[FOGELLY]

anyone have a great head shot of a perfect female hen?  I have two 7 month old hens and there is a lot of difference between their combs.  I also have a six month old hen and her comb is similar to the 7 month old hen with a shorter comb.  Trying to come up with a breeding plan and I'm hoping all three hens are usable but I want to be sure. 

Pullets mature at different rates. Comb size at this age may vary and should not be considered yet for a reason in selecting breeders.
The ones you have with larger combs are probably closer to point of lay.

One of the hardest things to do the first few years with these Reds is to have enough patience to let them mature.
I have been raising fewer birds each year because of this. It is hard to feed large numbers to full maturity.

Ron